محطةstation الرملal-Raml (the sand) جننتنيhas driven me mad
محطة الرمل جننتني
وصيرتنيand made me بلاwithout صوابsound judgment
وصيرتني بلا صواب
Al-Raml Station has driven me mad,
The sands have driven me mad
And left me bereft of reason.
And made me lose all reason
بهاin it ظباءgazelles بغيرwithout عدcounting
بها ظباء بغير عد
ولاnor بيانdescription ولاnor حسابreckoning
ولا بيان ولا حساب
There are gazelles there beyond counting,
With gazelles beyond count
Beyond description and beyond reckoning.
No words can describe their beauty
إلىtoward سناهمtheir radiance أمدI stretch روحيmy soul
إلى سناهم أمد روحي
فأشربso I drink الراحwine فيin الحبابthe foam
فأشرب الراح في الحباب
Toward their radiance I stretch my soul,
To gaze at them renews my soul
So I drink wine amid its foam.
As I drink deep of pleasure
سبحانglory be to منthe One who صاغهمfashioned them ظباءgazelles
سبحان من صاغهم ظباء
بغيرwithout وحيrevelation ولاnor كتابa book
بغير وحي ولا كتاب
Glory to the One who fashioned them as gazelles,
Glory to Him who made them gazelles
Without revelation or a book.
With neither scripture nor decree
عشرونtwenty ألفthousand وألفand a thousand ألفthousand
عشرون ألف وألف ألف
أطلتI prolonged فيin حبهمlove for them عذابيmy torment
أطلت في حبهم عذابي
Twenty thousand, and a thousand thousand—
Twenty thousand, a thousand thousand
I have prolonged my torment in loving them.
My torment in loving them is long
اللَهGod (an appeal) اللَهGod (an appeal) فيconcerning فؤادa heart
اللَه اللَه في فؤاد
متيمlove-enslaved بالجمالby beauty صابيyearning
متيم بالجمال صابي
For God's sake, for God's sake, have mercy on a heart
O God, O God, in my heart
Enslaved by beauty, full of longing.
A worshipper made drunk on beauty
جنىdid harm عليهto it هوىlove هواهits beloved
جنى عليه هوى هواه
جنايةthe harm of الخمرwine بالرضابthrough sweet saliva
جناية الخمر بالرضاب
Love of its beloved has wronged it,
Passion has seized and possessed him
As wine does, through sweet saliva.
Like wine undiluted
إذاwhen رناit gazes فالوجودthen existence روحa spirit
إذا رنا فالوجود روح
يشعshines منfrom لامعgleaming السحابthe clouds
يشع من لامع السحاب
When it gazes, existence is a spirit,
When they cry out, existence itself
Shining from the gleaming clouds.
Shines radiant from luminous clouds
هذاthis الوجودexistence الجميلbeautiful نارa fire
هذا الوجود الجميل نار
بدتappeared لروحيto my soul بلاwithout حجابa veil
بدت لروحي بلا حجاب
This beautiful existence is a fire
This beautiful world is fire
That appeared to my soul without a veil.
Revealed to my soul unveiled
دثرتهاI cloaked it حينwhen تبدتit revealed itself
دثرتها حين تبدت
بالأجمالwith the finest (apparently intended: بالأجمل) الفخمsplendid منof ثيابيmy garments
بالأجمال الفخم من ثيابي
I cloaked it when it revealed itself,
I covered it when it appeared
With the finest, most splendid of my garments.
In the noblest of my raiment
Sol 6.1